Lead Engineer
Patchstack is looking for a Lead Engineer to own technical direction, mentor the engineering team, and ship features protecting millions of WordPress sites. You will work across a Laravel + Vue.js stack alongside some of the most respected names in WordPress security.
Responsibilities
- - Lead technical architecture decisions and drive engineering quality across the platform
- - Mentor and guide engineers on best practices, code quality, and scalable design
- - Build and improve backend features using Laravel and WordPress security tooling
- - Develop and maintain frontend interfaces using Vue.js
- - Collaborate with security researchers and the WordPress ecosystem
- - Contribute to the vulnerability intelligence pipeline and patch management systems
Benefits & Perks
Requirements
- - 5+ years backend engineering, strong Laravel proficiency
- - Vue.js for frontend work
- - Experience leading or mentoring engineers
- - WordPress ecosystem knowledge (plugins, themes, security) a plus
- - Security mindset — comfortable reasoning about vulnerabilities and CVEs
- - Located within EEST ±2 (Europe/Middle East timezones)
About Patchstack
Patchstack is the leading WordPress security intelligence platform — the de facto CVE database of the WordPress ecosystem. Trusted by security researchers and WordPress agencies worldwide, Patchstack detects and patches vulnerabilities in plugins and themes, protecting millions of websites. A fast-growing, remote-first team at the intersection of open source and security.
Company Size
11–50 employees employees
Industry
Cybersecurity / WordPress Security
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